 | William Davis (B.A.) - 1869 - 200 pages
...Tyranny shall quake to hear, And leave his sons a hope, a fame, They too will rather die than shame : For Freedom's battle once begun, Bequeathed by bleeding sire to son, Though baffled oft is ever won. Bear witness, Greece ; thy living page, Attest it many a deathless age ! While kings in dusty darkness... | |
 | Archibald Hamilton Bryce - 1869 - 344 pages
...tyranny shall quake to hear, And leave his sons a hope, a fame, They too will rather die than shame : For freedom's battle once begun, Bequeathed by bleeding sire to son, Though baffled oft, is ever won. Bear witness, Greece, thy living page, Attest it many a deathless age ! While kings, in dusty darkness... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1869 - 420 pages
...Tyranny shall quake to hear, And leave his sons a hope, a fame, They too will rather die than shame: For Freedom's battle once begun, Bequeathed by bleeding Sire to Son, Though baffled oft is ever won. Bear witness, Greece, thy living page! Attest it many a deathless age! While kings, in dusty darkness... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 pages
...wanting there. Line 9o. Shrine of the mighty ! can it be That this is all remains of thee ? Line 106. For freedom's battle, once begun, Bequeathed by bleeding sire to son, Though baffled oft, is ever won. Line 123. And lovelier things have mercy shown To every failing but their own ; And every woe a tear... | |
 | Alexander Kennedy Isbister - 1870 - 420 pages
...tyranny shall quake to hear, And leave his sons a hope—a fame— They too will rather die than shame : For freedom's battle once begun, Bequeathed by bleeding sire to son, Though baffled oft, is ever won. Bear witness, Greece, thy living page, Attest it many a deathless age ! While kings, in dusty darkness... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1870 - 538 pages
...Tyranny shall quake to hear, And leave his sons a hope, a fame, They too will rather die than shame ; For Freedom's battle once begun, Bequeathed by bleeding sire to son, Though baffled oft, is ever won. 12. AMERICA. — Byron. Yet, Freedom ! yet, thy banner, torn, but flying, Streams like the thunder-storm... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Education - 1898 - 1310 pages
...won in thirty otiicr State», had to be fought again. And not in vain. " For freedom's battle once Bequeathed by bleeding sire to son, Though baffled oft is ever won." Now peace, with wing» outspread, hovers over the beautiful normal buildings at Plymouth; and for a... | |
 | Sir Arthur Helps - 1871 - 316 pages
...time will come. No effort, that is worth anything, is ever lost. Sir Arthur. Yes ; as Byron says — For freedom's battle, once begun, Bequeathed by bleeding sire to son, Though baffled oft, is ever won. Milverton. We all know that there is a great deal of truth in what Ellesmere says. Moreover, we may... | |
 | David Grant (of Aberdeen) - 1871 - 478 pages
...tyranny shall quake to hear, And leave his sons a hope, a fame, They too will rather die than shame : For Freedom's battle once begun, Bequeathed by bleeding sire to son, Though baffled oft, is ever won. Bear witness, Greece, thy living page, While kings in dusty darkness hid, Have left a nameless pyramid,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pages
...Tyranny shall quake to hear, And leave his sons a hope, a fame, They too will rather die than shame ; not by ! But, with a frater-feeling strong, Here heave a sigh. Is there a man Bear witness, Greece, thy living page, Attest it, many a deathless age : While, kings, in dusty darkness... | |
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For Freedom's battle once begun, Bequeathed by bleeding Sire to Son, Though baffled oft is ever won. 
